OPA named top 15 San Francisco residential architecture firm on 2020 list.

January 15California Home & Design

California Home + Design "spotlight on just a handful of the architectural talents in the Bay Area who are making their mark on the city’s skyline—that also happen to be women."
Robyn Wise, "Five Bay Area Women at the Forefront of Architecture"

December 2UC Berkeley CED

Zoë Prillinger is on the jury for 200A reviews at the Berkeley College of Environmental Design on Tuesday December 10.

June 28Christie's International Real Estate

Christie's International Real Estate feature on desert architecture. "Dreams of living in the wilderness are being made reality by architects working with, rather than against, the rugged landscapes of the desert."
Jonathan Bell, "Castles in the Sand: The Art of Desert Architecture."

May 9UC Berkeley CED

Zoë Prillinger is on the jury for Graduate Thesis Reviews at the Berkeley College of Environmental Design on Friday May 10.

This annual exhibition features the 50 international residential projects selected for the GA Houses Project 2019 special issue.

December 27Metropolis

Metropolis selects Hidden House for Metropolis's Best Houses of 2018

"Out of all the building types we publish at Metropolis, houses are the projects that elicit the most ooh’s and ah’s from our editors. It’s hard to pick which ones are our favorites, of course, but the following six truly push the envelope—literally and figuratively"

December 10Taschen

Taschen publishes Homes for Our Time: Contemporary Houses around the World

A sweeping survey of the contemporary house, and a reminder that we all have a lot more in common than might be expected. Surely because of the rise of the Internet as the most accessible form of information, talented and cosmopolitan architects are coming forward and building innovative, spectacular houses around the globe. Especially where houses are concerned, there is no longer a deep divide between developed and developing countries: great homes are being built everywhere by talented architects.

November 13Yale University Press

Yale University Press publishes The New Urban House: A Global Survey

Architects face many challenges when designing a modern urban house. Environmental performance, aesthetics, technical logistics, material concerns, site constraints—these are all considerations that have the potential to limit what architects can achieve, but that also can inspire creative solutions. In addition, each city’s history, obstacles, and opportunities influence local design approaches. Superbly illustrated with 600 color images, this expansive compendium offers fascinating insights into building modern houses on a local level.

Jonathan Bell and Ellie Stathaki "Gallery House," pp. 36-39

November 1Dwell

Dwell nominates Shapeshifter for Best of Design Awards for Best Outdoors

Selected as the most inspiring projects featured by Dwell this year, our nominees showcase innovative solutions and creative, context-driven design.

October 30AIA East Bay Ex Res Design Awards

Luke Ogrydziak on AIA East Bay Ex Res Design Awards jury

The AIA East Bay Exceptional Residential: Bay Area Regional Design Awards is a unique design awards program established to recognize the best in the Bay Area housing design. ExRes 2018 emphasizes the important impact excellent design has on everyday living and our communities. Criteria to be used by the jury include quality of design, resolution of the program idea, sustainable responsibility, innovation, thoughtfulness, and technique.

September 27Metropolis

Metropolis Magazine features Hidden House

Metropolis is an architecture and design–focused magazine published ten times per year. It has over 50,000 print subscribers and its website receives approximately 85,000 unique visitors every month. Metropolis is based in New York and has been published since 1981.

September 23AAG

AAG publishes article by OPA

Advances in Architectural Geometry (AAG) is a conference where both theoretical and practical work linked to new geometrical developments is presented. It involves architects, engineers, computer scientists, mathematicians, software and algorithms designers and contractors. We aim at connecting researchers from architectural and engineering practices, academia and industry. AAG has become a reference both in research and in practice and is supported by the direct participation of the most renowned architectural design and engineering offices along with research laboratories.

Ellie Stathaki, "Unfolding the origami shapes of OPA’s Shapeshifter House in Nevada"

July 25A.D.A. Edita Tokyo Co., Ltd.

A.D.A. Edita Tokyo Co., Ltd. features OPA in GA 159

GA Houses documents outstanding new residential architecture from all over the world. Included in each issue also are retrospective looks at residential works of the past which are now considered epoch-making.

Yoshio Futagawa, editor "OPA ," pp. 8-9, 116-15

June 29Dwell

Dwell feature on Shapeshifter

Sam Lubell, "Life Mimics Art"

"Everyone is in disbelief that we could have a house like this here." —Peter Stremmel, resident

June 16American Architecture Award

Shapeshifter wins 2018 American Architecture Award

The nation’s highest public awards given by a non-commercial, non-trade affiliated, public arts, culture and educational institution. Over 100 shortlisted buildings have won the prestigious 2018 American Architecture Awards for the best new buildings designed and constructed by American architects in the U.S. and abroad and by international architects for buildings designed and built in the United States.

May 20Damdi

Architectural Element volumes 1, 2, and 3 published by Damdi

Features projects and essays by OPA. The first volume deals with ENTRANCE; the second, STAIRS; and the third with ROOF. Architectural Element provides a sweeping survey of contemporary and classical case studies, surveyed through photographs, technical drawings, sketches, and models.

The third lecture in the Stanford University Architecture & Landscape Spring Lecture Series. This event will be at 6:30 on May 9 at Bishop Auditorium, Lathrop Library.

January 16Observer

The Observer reviews Untitled, San Francisco second edition

"Just as the art world starts to swing into high gear after the haze leftover from December’s Miami Art Week and holiday hoopla, Untitled, San Francisco launched its second edition this past weekend. Over 50 exhibitors from 11 countries participated, with the notable addition of powerhouse New York and London gallery David Zwirner joining the lineup this year, an indicator of maturation for the budding Bay Area edition of the fair, which originally started in Miami Beach in 2012. Running January 12 through 14, the curated art fair touted a new director, former Simon Lee gallery director Manuela Mozo, and a new location at the iconic Palace of Fine Arts, a monumental gem of neoclassical revival architecture in the city’s Marina District."

Untitled, San Francisco 2018 opens this weekend at the Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco

Untitled, Art is an international, curated art fair founded in 2012 that focuses on curatorial balance and integrity across all disciplines of contemporary art. Untitled, Art innovates the standard fair model by selecting a curatorial team to identify and curate a selection of galleries, artist-run exhibition spaces, and non-profit institutions and organizations, in dialogue with an architecturally designed venue.

"...a temporary architectural entitled Nuclear Thresholds was installed at the site of Chicago Pile-1, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Henry Moore’s Nuclear Energy sculpture. Firm OPA added a network of hundreds of 75-five-foot-long cords of thick black rubber that formed a bench at one end before unraveling into a twisted network of cables."

October 20University of Chicago

OPA principals talk at the University of Chicago.

The culminating lectures for the 75th anniversary of the Chicago Pile-1 experiment and the concurrent 50th anniversary of the unveiling of Henry Moore's Nuclear Energy sculpture. Features talks by eminent Moore scholar (and former Henry Moore Foundation Research Curator at Tate) Anne Wagner, architect Ludovico Centis, and principals Luke Ogrydziak and Zoe Prillinger from California-based firm OPA (the design team behind Nuclear Thresholds, the temporary architectural installation on the CP-1 site). This event will be at 4:15 on December 2 at the Reynolds Club, University of Chicago.

"Amid the chaos of this year’s O-Week move-in day was a mysterious group of workers crowded around the Henry Moore sculpture outside Max Palevsky West Residential Commons. Throughout the week, one could find them milling around a pile of long, black rubber tubes, which slowly began to take form. The installation, entitled “Nuclear Thresholds,” is one of the many projects commissioned by the University to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Chicago Pile-1 (CP-1), the first successfully built, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction."

October 15Portland Architecture Awards

Zoë Prillinger one of three jurors selected for 2017 Portland Architecture Awards

Bay Area jurors Allison Williams, William Leddy, and Zoë Prillinger will present the 2017 awards at this annual event featuring special guest Congressman Earl Blumenauer.

This event will be at 6:00 on October 27 at Revolution Hall, Porland, Oregon.

October 1Monacelli

The Gallery House roof garden photographed by Marion Brenner.

Seasoned garden writers Susan Lowry and Nancy Berner, along with leading landscape photographer Marion Brenner, tour more than thirty-five private gardens in the San Francisco Bay Area, illuminating the unrivalled beauty of Northern California—the breadth of the sky, the quality of the light, the sparkle of the Bay, the shapes of the hills—that has beckoned landscape designers and gardeners for generations.

June 1Princeton SOA "Practice Matters" session online [1:07-1:22, followed by group Q&A]

April 3Dwell post about Emerging Voices lecture

April 1OPA submitting Stremmel House v2.0 for Planning review in Reno, Nevada

March 21New York Architecture League Emerging Voices Lecture by OPA

March 21OPA Emerging Voices interview and lecture online

February 25Ourcadia in Public Interest Design exhibition at TED2013. Exhibition Information

November 277x7 article about OPA. "Skyscrapers" by Katherine Krause

October 10OPA at Princeton SOA for Lecture Series session: Practice Matters, October 10. Lecture Series

September 1OPA teaching Advanced Option Studio at Harvard Graduate School of Design

March 15Architectural Models published, featuring projects and essay by OPA

Project Manager

OPA is looking for a project manager to join its team in San Francisco

At OPA, we believe in progressive built work, driven by ideas. We believe that architecture influences how we see the world and live in it. That architecture impacts our perceptions and emotions, and acts as a physical framework for thought. By organizing our bodies and experiences in space, architecture can transform us. Our strength at OPA is identifying and crafting spatial experiences to make that possible. For us, every project is personal, whether private or public. Fundamental to our work is our close relationship to our clients and communities, whose use of our spaces give life to the architecture. We see the design process as a joint exploration of expanding and choreographing what’s possible. Together, we uncover what a project really wants to be and make that desire a physical reality.

Qualities and Skills required:
-Master’s Degree in Architecture
-Strong conceptual, graphic and design skills, illustrated in a comprehensive portfolio
-Effective organizational skills
-Self-motivated, pro-active, clear communication
-Ability to use a variety of software in the development and documentation of a project
-Interest in construction detailing techniques for both simple and complex geometry

Villas, the Belgian luxury magazine for architecture and design lovers.

"The Shapeshifter House Nevada."

2020

Dwell March/April 2020
Dwell Life, Inc.

Dwell is a design and technology brand. It was launched with a magazine in September 2000 to bridge the gap between design professionals and enthusiasts.

Deborah Bishop
"Hiding in Plain Sight," pp. 56, 58, 60

2019

Häuser 6|2019
Häuser

Häuser is a leading German magazine for Architecture & Design.

Klaus Meyer, "Hommage an Die Wüste"
pp. 80-87

2019

Secret Homes Season 1 Episode 2
Windfall Films Ltd.

From secluded houses in forests and luxury bunkers buried underground to cabins on remote islands and homes hidden in mountains. The series uses spectacular drone photography to explore the natural surroundings of each home and also ‘fly-through’ their interiors and secret passages to reveal what makes them unique. We meet the owners who explain why they wanted to live in such an unusual property and how they found their secluded plots.

Episode 2 features Shapeshifter

2019

Christie's International Real Estate

Christie's International Real Estate feature on desert architecture.

Jonathan Bell
"Castles in the Sand: the Art of Desert Architecture"

2019

Houses: Extraordinary Living
Phaidon

Explore 400 of the world's most innovative and influential architect-designed houses created since the early 20th century. Houses: Extraordinary Living celebrates the incredible diversity and beauty of the house as never before, from Modernist icons to feats of technological, material, and spatial innovation in the 21st century.

Belle Place, editor
"Shapeshifter," pp. 346, 435

2019

Interni 691
Gruppo Mandadori

Founded in 1954, Interni Magazine is an indispensable tool for orientation in the world of interiors and product design.

Antonella Boisi
"More With Less," pp. 44-49

2019

Western Art & Architecture
ZZines LLC

Western Art & Architecture magazine celebrates America's love affair with the Western visual arts. From the classic Western masters to contemporary trendsetters, Western Art & Architecture magazine features the best in art and architecture from Texas to the West Coast.

Norman Kolpas
"Protean Power," pp. 142-147

2019

The Contemporary House
Thames & Hudson

Featuring some of the world’s most innovative, extreme and ingenious urban interventions, The Contemporary House looks at the many ways in which modern residential design is integrated into the existing urban fabric. Every house represents a challenge, from new takes on traditional typologies through to radical proposals for unconventional sites. As well as the houses themselves, the book provides an insight into the conditions that shape the architecture of some of the world’s major cities, through recent history, signature styles and current conditions on the ground.

Jonathan Bell and Ellie Stathaki
"Gallery House," pp. 36-39

2019

GA Houses 163
A.D.A. Edita Tokyo Co., Ltd.

GA Houses documents outstanding new residential architecture from all over the world. Included in each issue also are retrospective looks at residential works of the past which are now considered epoch-making.

A sweeping survey of the contemporary house, and a reminder that we all have a lot more in common than might be expected. Surely because of the rise of the Internet as the most accessible form of information, talented and cosmopolitan architects are coming forward and building innovative, spectacular houses around the globe. Especially where houses are concerned, there is no longer a deep divide between developed and developing countries: great homes are being built everywhere by talented architects.

Philip Jodidio
"Shapeshifter," pp. 314-319

2018

California Home + Design

California Home + Design feature on five Bay Area architects.

Robyn Wise
"Five Bay Area women at the Forefront of Architecture."

2018

The New Urban House: A Global Survey
Yale University Press

A stunning anthology of contemporary houses that showcases the ways that architecture can respond to local urban challenges while enhancing modern city living. Jonathan Bell and Ellie Stathaki have selected urban structures from around the world to serve as both exemplary solutions and standout works of art.

Jonathan Bell and Ellie Stathaki
"Gallery House," pp. 36-39

2018

AAG 2018
Klein Publishing GmbH

Advances in Architectural Geometry (AAG) is a conference where both theoretical and practical work linked to new geometrical developments is presented. It involves architects, engineers, computer scientists, mathematicians, software and algorithms designers and contractors. We aim at connecting researchers from architectural and engineering practices, academia and industry. AAG has become a reference both in research and in practice and is supported by the direct participation of the most renowned architectural design and engineering offices along with research laboratories.

"Desert architecture: modern buildings in arid environments"
These manifestations of modern desert architecture reveal how design and material can combat the challenging climatic conditions of arid environments and extreme temperatures.

2018

Uncrate

Uncrate feature on Shapeshifter.

"Shapeshifter House."

2018

Dezeen

Dezeen feature on Shapeshifter.

Bridget Cogley
"Shapeshifter House by OPA emerges from Nevada site as a 'desert mirage'"

2018

Dwell July/August 2018
Dwell Life, Inc.

Dwell magazine is a smart, accessible publication dedicated to modern design. Each issue explores the myriad ways in which good design thinking can deliver a better life.

Sam Lubell
"Life Mimics Art," pp. 15, 78-87

2018

GA Houses 159
A.D.A. Edita Tokyo Co., Ltd.

GA Houses documents outstanding new residential architecture from all over the world. Included in each issue also are retrospective looks at residential works of the past which are now considered epoch-making.

Yoshio Futagawa, editor
"OPA ," pp. 8-9, 116-15

2018

Architecture Element 1: Entrance
Damdi

Architecture Element provides international case studies and interviews exploring the history of architectural elements worldwide. The first three volumes are (1) entrance, (2) stairs, and (3) roof.

Jinyoun Na, editor
pp. 30, 43, 48, 60-61, 94

2018

Architectural Element 2: Stairs
Damdi

Architecture Element provides international case studies and interviews exploring the history of architectural elements worldwide. The first three volumes are (1) entrance, (2) stairs, and (3) roof.

Jinyoun Na, editor
pp. 30, 43, 48, 60–61, 94

2018

Architectural Element 3: Roof
Damdi

Architecture Element provides international case studies and interviews exploring the history of architectural elements worldwide. The first three volumes are (1) entrance, (2) stairs, and (3) roof.

Jinyoun Na, editor
pp. 39-40, 61-62. 109, 132

2017

Mark 67
Frame Publishers

Mark magazine is a platform for the practice and perception of architecture at the dawn of the third millennium. Since its launch in 2005, the magazine has proven to be a timely, visual, non-academic publication full of first-hand information from creative people.

The University of Chicago Magazine Vol. 110 #1
The University of Chicago

A quarterly magazine about the University of Chicago faculty, alumni, students, and friends. Started in 1908.

Erin Hogan
"Elemental," pp. 34-35

2017

Private Gardens of the Bay Area
The Monacelli Press

Seasoned garden writers Susan Lowry and Nancy Berner, along with leading landscape photographer Marion Brenner, tour more than thirty-five private gardens in the San Francisco Bay Area, illuminating the unrivalled beauty of Northern California—the breadth of the sky, the quality of the light, the sparkle of the Bay, the shapes of the hills—that has beckoned landscape designers and gardeners for generations.

Bold and unconventional ideas are called for if the intention is to steer the debate on temporary accommodation for refugees in a new direction offering high-quality solutions. From eccentric experiments all the way to projects which have already been realised, international design teams present their work between the twin poles of unconventional developments and life-saving shelters in this compilation of case studies, Container and Modular Buildings.

Cornelia Dörries and Sarah Zahradnik
"Triskelion," pp. 32-39

2015

30 Years of Emerging Voices
Princeton Architectural Press

The prestigious Emerging Voices Award was created in 1982 by the Architectural League of New York to showcase the work of early- to mid-career North American architects. Each year, through an invited competition, a jury selects practitioners or firms with a significant body of realized work that represents the best of its kind and has the potential to impact the future of architecture and landscape design. Emerging Voices 30 documents and critically assesses the first three decades of the League's Emerging Voices program.

Meredith Baber, editor
"OPA," pg. 283

2015

The Fundamentals of Interior Architecture
Bloomsbury

The Fundamentals of Interior Architecture (second edition) offers an introduction to the key elements involved in the creation of aesthetically appealing and practically appropriate interior architecture. The new material in this highly illustrated second edition includes interviews with leading practitioners.

John Coles
"OPA," pp. 30, 34-35, 88, 92, 124-125, 154-155

2015

SFC&G 15|10
C&G Publications

SFC&G is a San Francisco architecture and design publication.

Frances Homan Jue
"Oil and Canvas," pp. cover, 50-57

2014

Who is the Architect?
Damdi

This richly illustrated book is intended as an opportunity for both current and prospective architects to ponder and explore everything from fundamental to trivial questions about architecture. What is architecture? What does an architect do? Nineteen ordinary architects and offices from around the world are asked to define who and what an architect is, offering pieces of wisdom, examples of their work, sound advice and personal anecdotes with which readers can build a bigger picture of the discipline.

Yeon Kyeong Choo, editor
"Who is OPA?" pp. 255-273

2014

Mark 48
Frame Publishers

Mark magazine is a platform for the practice and perception of architecture at the dawn of the third millennium. Since its launch in 2005, the magazine has proven to be a timely, visual, non-academic publication full of first-hand information from creative people.

Arthur Wortmann, editor
"Shapeshifter," pg. 15

2014

GA Houses 136
A.D.A. Edita

Annual special issue and exhibition of 50 international residential projects.

Yoshio Futagawa, editor
"Shapeshifter," pp. 184-187

2014

Fast Company 185
Christine Osekoski

Fast Company has a unique editorial focus on innovation in technology, leadership, and design.

Adele Peters
"Safer Crossings," pg. 50

2013

New York Architecture League: Emerging Voices 2013
archleague.org

The Architectural League’s annual Emerging Voices Award spotlights North American individuals and firms with distinct design “voices” that have the potential to influence the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design. The jury reviews significant bodies of realized work and considers accomplishments within the design and academic communities. The work of each Emerging Voice represents the best of its kind, and addresses larger issues within architecture, landscape, and the built environment.

Anne Rieselbach, interviewer
"OPA"

2013

Platform 6
Actar

Harvard University Graduate School of Design has always recognized the indispensable importance and values of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, and urban design, yet has transcended their individual aspirations through intellectual cross-fertilization and collaboration. The material presented in this publication forms a small part of the incredible range and diversity of proposals and visions that the GSD students and faculty have produced during the past academic year.

Rosetta S. Elkin, editor
"Shapeshifter," pp. 328-335

2013

New Container Architecture
Links International

This volume presents the findings of years of research into container architecture, showcasing a wealth of projects with full-color photographs, detailed commentaries and resource lists.

Jure Kotnik
"Triskelion," pp. 246-255

2012

Digital Aptitudes
ACSA Press

Proceedings from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) 100th Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts.

Luke Ogrydziak
"The Solaris Mirror," pp. 154-160

2012

Mark 39
Frame Publishers

Mark magazine is a platform for the practice and perception of architecture at the dawn of the third millennium. Since its launch in 2005, the magazine has proven to be a timely, visual, non-academic publication full of first-hand information from creative people.

Arthur Keuning, editor
"Dune," pg. 14

2012

GA Houses 125
A.D.A. Edita

Annual special issue and exhibition of 50 international residential projects.

Yoshio Futagawa, editor
"Dune," pp. 106-109

2012

Mobile Architecture: Construction and Design Manual
DOM Publishers

Notwithstanding the many prophets of doom that see solid, sedentary architecture sacrificed to mobile lifestyles, architects continue to take up the challenge and design portable houses. The results are often both practical and innovative, as is demonstrated on the more than 800 pages of this new title in the Construction and Design Manual series, in which 43 international design teams present works ranging from architectural follies to handicapped accessible furnishings and life-saving shelters.

Suh Kyongwon, editor
"Triskelion," pp. 528-539

2012

Architectural Record 12|02
McGraw-Hill

Architectural Record is an American monthly magazine that is dedicated to architecture and interior design. Published by BNP Media, it is generally considered "The Record" of Architectural History.

Joann Gonchar
"Triskelion," pg. 94

2012

Roof Architecture + Design
Braun

This volume explores approximately 60 attic projects, as extensions, conversions, or new construction, which utilize the previously used storage space for new use. Existing buildings are expanded upwards and adapted to the contemporary desires and demands of their use. Some constitute a homogenous extension of the existing facade and augment the view in a barely noticeable way. Others use the design freedom above the eave height in order to create a 21st century architecture which contrasts with the historical building substance.

Manuela Roth
"Honighaus," pp. 293-301

2012

Architectural Models
DOM Publishers

This volume, conceived as a reference book, extensively presents works by renowned scale model studios. On more than 1,000 pages it showcases architectural models of avant-garde architects and designers from all over the world.

The Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) is an international network of digital design researchers and professionals. We facilitate critical investigations into the role of computation in architecture, planning, and building science, encouraging innovation in design creativity, sustainability, and education.

Luke Ogrydziak
"Tetrahedron Cloud," pp. 284-291

2011

GA Houses 120
A.D.A. Edita

Annual special issue and exhibition of 50 international residential projects.

Yukio Futagawa, editor
"Loop," pp. 196-199

2011

San Francisco 11|12
Modern Luxury

San Francisco is an American monthly magazine devoted to the people, culture, food, politics, and arts of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Diane Dorrans Saeks
"In Theory," pp. 94-105

2011

Remodeling
Damdi

This volume, conceived as a reference book, extensively presents works by renowned international architects. On more than 1,000 pages it showcases renovation projects of avant-garde architects and designers from all over the world.

Seonwook Kim, editor
"OPA: Honighaus, Co-op, ECA," 874-909

2011

Mobile Architecture
Damdi

Although flexible modes of living draw on an age-old tradition and a wide variety of cultures, recent changes in living conditions and technical advances have greatly increased the relevance of flexibility. As working and private lives increasingly overlap, a mobile lifestyle becomes more important. Today, more than ever, people are seeking a way of living which is not tied to fixed patterns and predetermined locations.

Seonwook Kim and Miyoung Pyo, editors
"Triskelion," pp. 528-539

2011

Häuser 11|6
Häuser

HÄUSER is a leading German magazine for architecture and design.

Christopher Hawthorne
"House of Art," pp. 5-6, 92-98

2010

Metropolis 10|4
Horace Havemeyer

Metropolis is a monthly magazine about architecture and design, with a focus on sustainability. It is based in New York and has been published since 1981.

Lydia Lee
"Random Acts of Architecture," pp. cover, 56-63, 83

2010

New York Times T Magazine 10|3
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr.

The New York Times is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

Pilar Viladas (in Domesticities)
"Park Place"

2010

Dream Architecture
Edition Axel Menges

The dream buildings in this book reflect a changing architectural and cultural environment, and the processes that turn these concepts from vision to reality will open a new chapter in architectural history.

Xing Rihan, editor
"OPA," pp. 270-285

2010

Architectural Models
Damdi

This volume, conceived as a reference book, extensively presents works by renowned scale model studios. On more than 1,000 pages it showcases architectural models of avant-garde architects and designers from all over the world.

OPA
"Models," pp. 22-23, 648-653

2010

Sunset 10|3
Sunset Publishing

Sunset is a lifestyle magazine in the United States. Sunset focuses on homes, cooking, gardening, and travel, with a focus almost exclusively on the Western United States.

Created for the challenges that face people living in small spaces, The Magic of Small Spaces is a cleverly illustrated book that takes a look at contemporary places where people live that are small.

Oscar Asensio, editor
"Double Bar House," pp. 59-61

2005

San Francisco 05|12
Modern Luxury

San Francisco is an American monthly magazine devoted to the people, culture, food, politics, and arts of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Alan Rapp
"The Conceptualists," pp. 146-151

2002

GA Houses 70
A.D.A. Edita

Annual special issue and exhibition of 50 international residential projects.

Yoshio Futagawa, editor
"Double Bar House," pp. 59-61

At OPA, we believe in progressive built work, driven by ideas. We believe that architecture influences how we see the world and live in it. That architecture impacts our perceptions and emotions, and acts as a physical framework for thought. By organizing our bodies and experiences in space, architecture can transform us. Our strength at OPA is identifying and crafting spatial experiences to make that possible.

For us, every project is personal, whether private or public. Fundamental to our work is our close relationship to our clients and communities, whose use of our spaces give life to the architecture. We see the design process as a joint exploration of expanding and choreographing what’s possible. Together, we uncover what a project really wants to be and make that desire a physical reality.

Luke Ogrydziakluke@oparch.net
Luke Ogrydziak was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and grew up in Northern California. He studied at Princeton University, where he received both his Bachelor of Arts in Architecture summa cum laude in 1992, and his Master of Architecture degree in 1995. At Princeton, he received the Shellman Award for architectural representation. Ogrydziak Prillinger Architects was formed with Zoë Prillinger in 2004. He is a licensed architect in California and Nevada, and has taught graduate design studios at the University of California at Berkeley and the Harvard GSD.

Zoë Prillingerzoe@oparch.net
Zoë Prillinger was born in Decatur, Illinois—with US, Australian, and British citizenship. She studied at Princeton University, where she received both her Bachelor of Arts in Architecture magna cum laude with a certificate in European Cultural Studies in 1992, and her Master of Architecture degree in 1994. Ms. Prillinger has worked in architecture offices in Melbourne, Paris, New York City, and San Francisco, and formed Ogrydziak Prillinger Architects with Luke Ogrydziak in 2004. Ms. Prillinger has also taught design studio at the University of California at Berkeley and the Harvard GSD.